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A version of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) London Euston station with only seven platforms would prevent the high-speed network from ever reaching the service levels it is designed to accommodate, according to experts.

Automated production of over 83,000 concrete tunnel segments for High Speed 2 (HS2) has begun at a new facility at Hartlepool Docks in County Durham.

HS2 Ltd has released its HS2 Corporate Plan 2022 to 2026, providing an overview of its goals for High Speed 2 (HS2) beyond the mid-decade mark.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has slammed the Department for Transport (DfT) over its mismanagement of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) London terminus at Euston and says it “does not know what it is trying to achieve with the station”.

The Department for Transport (DfT) and HS2 Ltd are looking to reduce the scope and the requirements of the High Speed 2 (HS2) London terminal at Euston as they begin the process of redesigning it for a third time in hopes of reducing the cost.

Key elements of the build around the High Speed 2 (HS2) Euston site, including a substation and utilities diversions, will need to be completed before work halts, according to HS2 Ltd’s chief executive.

Delaying High Speed 2 (HS2) – and other major infrastructure projects – will not save money, the transport secretary Mark Harper has said in an evidence session for the Transport Select Committee this week.

High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd and the Department for Transport (DfT) face a dilemma over whether to press ahead with construction of a 7km tunnel linking Old Oak Common with Euston later this year after the station project itself was put on pause earlier this month. 

The National Audit Office (NAO) has called for a “reset” at High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Euston terminus as the current plan is forecast to be £2.2bn overbudget and could worsen with the two year pause on construction.

NCE understands that a portion of the team at HS2 Ltd’s Euston station site have been made redundant following the government’s decision to rephase the works on the terminus.